Performance Anxiety among Professional Musicians in Symphonic Orchestras: A Self-Report Study

Kemenade, Johannes F. L. M. van; Son, Maarten J. M. van; Heesch, Nicolette C. A. van

doi:10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.555

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“…Different studies showed prevalence of music performance anxiety to range from 15% to 59% (Kenny, Davis, & Oates, 2004;van Kemenade, van Son, & van Heesch, 1995;Wesner, Noyes Jr, & Davis, 1990). The most recent research by Kenny and Ackermann (2013) found pain in this population to be positively linked to music performance anxiety.…”

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Pain-related and performance anxiety and their contribution to pain in music students: a pilot study

Lamontagne¹,

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2014

Health Psychology Report

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Pain complaints are common among musicians, whose occupation is highly demanding on both a physical and a psychological level. The purpose of the present study was to better understand the severity of musculoskeletal pain in orchestra musicians by measuring the potential contributions of biological (medical diagnosis), psychosocial (age, gender, instrument, practice and exercising history, and occupational satisfaction), and psychological (pain-related anxiety, performance anxiety, and affect) variables. participants and procedureData were collected from 59 music students playing in a symphonic orchestra. Univariate analyses were performed to assess differences in biological, psychosocial, and psychological predictors, using the presence or absence of pain as the dependent variable. Regression analyses were performed to develop a model of variance to explain the severity of pain. resultsThe results revealed lower occupational satisfaction to be associated with the presence of pain. However, a greater proportion of variance (31%) in pain severity was explained by pain-related anxiety combined with performance anxiety. Thus, the model that would best explain playing-related pain in musicians would need to focus mainly on psychological variables, namely pain-related and performance anxiety. conclusionsFurther investigation is needed to determine how treatment of musculoskeletal pain in musicians should address these psychological variables.key words musculoskeletal pain; pain-related anxiety; performance anxiety; orchestra musicians Valérie Lamontagne

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Pain-related and performance anxiety and their contribution to pain in music students: a pilot study

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2014

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“…Of those who continue studying, between 40% and 60% experience a decrease in the quality of their musical performance due to anxiety (Marchant-Haycox & Wilson, 1992). The same anxiety occurs with musicians in the course of their professional careers (Van Kemenade, Van Son, & Van Heesch, 1995). In 2002, Kaspersen and Götestam worked with a Norwegian sample of 126 tertiary music conservatory students and found that 36.5% of their subjects required assistance in solving problems associated with performance anxiety.…”

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Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Spanish version

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This article presents the process of adjusting into Spanish Kenny's Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (Kenny, Davis, & Oates, 2004). This questionnaire is based on Barlow's theory of performance anxiety and evaluates levels of anxiety whilst on stage. After doing two translations into Spanish, a peer review, and pilot study, the questionnaire was answered by 490 musicians training in six Spanish music conservatories. Results showed that the adapted version of the instrument, with some minor modifications, has good psychometric properties, also validated through a confirmatory factor analysis procedure. Thereof, and in accordance with to Barlow's theoretical framework, we saw emerge three related factors that made reference to specific cognitions of performance anxiety, such as helplessness as a factor of psychological vulnerability and early family influences. Performance anxiety is related to a psychological vulnerability profile and early relationship context. Finally, it is important to count with reliable instruments that allow contrasting theories in different cultural background, comparing the effects of problems or treatment outcomes.

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“…Además, entre el 40% y el 60% tanto de los estudiantes que continúan como de los ya profesionales de la música ven deteriorada su interpretación musical a causa de la ansiedad (Marchant-Haycox y Wilson, 1992;Van Kemenade, Van Son y Van Heesch, 1995).…”

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Music Performance Anxiety and related psychological constructs. Students of five Spanish music Conservatories

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Hernãndez

2016

Revista Internacional de Educación Musical

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Nº 4 , Julio 2016.L a a n s i e d a d e s c é n i c a constituye uno de los mayores problemas a los que los músicos deben enfrentarse prácticamente a diario en su labor profesional. Este estudio pretende conocer si existe una diferencia en la ansiedad escénica entre los estudiantes del Título Superior de Música en España y si hay una variación en función del centro de estudios al que pertenecen. Esta investigación, que puede considerarse como la primera española de estas características, analiza las diferencias encontradas tanto en la ansiedad escénica como en la relaciónde ésta con distintos c o n s t r u c t o s p s i c o l ó g i c o s ( o p t i m i s m o , a u t o e fi c a c i a , m o t i v a c i ó n d e l o g r o ysensibilidad al premio y al castigo). La muestra está compuesta por 482 estudiantes de 5 centros, obtenida a partir de un criterio de disponibilidad muestral. Para la evaluación de los diferentes constructos psicológicos se ha empleado un cuestionario realizado ad hoc en el que se incluyen instrumentos especialmente diseñados para la medición de la ansiedad y los constructos mencionados. Tras el tratamiento cuantitativo de los datos, se constata que la ansiedad escénica está presente en estos estudiantes de música españoles. Además de en la ansiedad escénica, existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p<0,05) en los distintos constructos.

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Performance Anxiety among Professional Musicians in Symphonic Orchestras: A Self-Report Study

Cited by 131 publications

References 8 publications

Pain-related and performance anxiety and their contribution to pain in music students: a pilot study

Pain-related and performance anxiety and their contribution to pain in music students: a pilot study

Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Spanish version

Music Performance Anxiety and related psychological constructs. Students of five Spanish music Conservatories

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